Self-cleaning currycomb.



V J. P. EUSTIS. METHOD OF MAKING JOINTS FOR WIRES 0R RODS.

APPLIOATION FILED 00121, 1909.

1,045,383, Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

R. EVANS. SELF CLEANING CURRYGOMB.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 10, 1911.

. 1,045,384. Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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RALPH EVANS, FORT DODGE, IOWA.

SELF-CLEANING GURRYCOMB.

To all whom it" may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH EVANS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Dodge, in the county of Webster, State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-CleaningCurrycombs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it ap'pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a curry comb and more especially to animproved curry comb of the self-cleaning type.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel form ofcleaning member with means for holding the same engaged over the teethof the comb, said means also serving to shift the said member over theteeth to remove the dirt and hair therefrom upon release of the holdingmeans.

Vith the above and other objects in View the invention consists ofcertain other combinations and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed, it being a still furtherobject of the invention to provide a device which will not be likely toget out of working order.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention. Fig. 2 isa side elevation with the plate in an open position. Fig. 3 is a rearelevation. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the cleaner plate removed.

Referring to the drawings in detail, there is shown a back plate 10having a handle member 11 secured thereto and extended rearwardly, saidback plate 10 having U- shaped plates 12 secured at spaced distancestransversely of its underface and provided with toothed extremities 13over which my improved plate is adapted to pass. This plate comprises acleaner member formed of a single section of wire 14 of a contoursimilar to that of the back plate or rectangular formation and havingits forward end port-ions pivotally attached to the front U- shapedplate as shown at 15 by means of ears secured thereto while its endportions terminate in loops 16 adapted to engage eyes 17 at the forwardend adjacent to the sides of the back plate 10 to limit the movement ofthe cleaner plate to an open position. A series of plates in the form ofstrips 17 are secured to the sides of the wire frame through the mediumof their rebent end portions 18, said strips being spaced apartSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 10, 1911.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912. Serial No. 643,389.

for receiving the leg portions of the U- shaped toothed plates andhaving flanged portlons 19 adapted to snugly engage against the oppositefaces of the toothed plates to clean the dirt and hair therefrom whenthe cleaner plate is shifted to an open position.

A coiled spring 20 is anchored intermediate its ends as shown at 21 toan eye carried by the back plate and has its forward end connected to aloo-p 22 formed centrally in the forward end of the wire frame while itsopposite end is connected to a catch member 28. This catch member isformed of a single section of wire having a loop portion 24 disposedadjacent to the shank of the handle and below which the spring isconnected, the catch being curved and pivotally attached to a pin 25secured in eyes 26 spaced apart and mounted upon the rear toothed plateso that the extremity 27 or engaging portion of the catch beyond itspoint of engagement with the pin around which it is twisted, projectsbelow the said plate to engage the outwardly bulged portion 28 of therear end of the wire frame and thus holds the said cleaner plate in aclosed position. 7

In the operation of the device with the parts thus engaged, the loopportion of the catch is in a forward position and in order to releasethe cleaner plate, the operator grasps the handle in the usual mannerand presses his thumb forwardly of the loop portion and pressesrearwardly thereon to swing the engaging end of the catch downwardlybeyond the bulged portion of the wire frame and as the flanged stripsare drawn in an open position by the coiled spring at the oppositeextremity thereof, the hair and dirt is removed from the teeth.

The device is simple in construction, efficient in operation andeconomical to manufacture.

1. In a curry-comb, the combination with a back plate and spaced toothedplates carried thereby; of a wire frame pivotally secured to the backplate at its forward end, cleaner plates carried by the wire frame toengage over the toothed plates, means to hold said frame in a closedposition and means to move the same to an open position upon releasal ofthe last mentioned means, said last mentioned means being held inengaged position by the first mentioned means.

2. In a self-cleaning curry comb, a back plate, a handle therefor,U-shaped toothed plates secured transversely to the underface of theback plate and spaced apart, a Wire frame pivotally attached to theforward toothed plate and havin looped end portions, projections uponthe back plate engaged by said looped portions to limit the movement ofthe wire frame to an open position at right angles to the back plate,flanged strips having rebent end portions secured to the sides of theframe and spaced apart to receive the toothed plates in snug engagement,a catch pivotally mounted upon the rear toothed plate and adapted toengage a bulged portion of the frame ad- Gopies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

open position when the catch is released.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

RALPH EVANS.

lVitnesses L. PooLEn, CHAS. SHEKER.

Washington, D. G.

